Spring Fever & This Year’s Garden…

Happy Weekend all! How are you all doing? First, I want to thank all of you for checking in on me and for all your kind messages. Second, I have to say I am sorry to everyone for taking a longer break than I thought I was going to. It originally started with a little bit of Spring Fever when our 80 degree weather hit and wanting to do anything outside not on the computer. Then, my crazy busy schedule at work hit.

This is the time of year where I do all the planning for the wines we are going to sell next year in North America (US and Canada) from all around the world. It takes coordination of everyone around the world from Asia to New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the UK and the USA. It’s super fun to work with everyone, but, your day doesn’t ever really end with all our time zone differences.

Anyway….the long and short of it, there is a lot of bean counting going on for how we will finish this year along with what we will do next year ~ it’s fun stuff, but, doesn’t always leave me with as much time as I’d like to spend here. I am on the home stretch with two weeks to go so hopefully things will balance out soon and I’ll be back to chatting away with you all next month.

All that being said, here are a few of the fun highlights from the past few weeks!

Do you all remember last year when we Looped the Lagoon to Celebrate Live, Life, Active with our Weight Watchers group? Yep, we did it all over again and it was a blast….

We all get together as a group and walk about 2 miles around this lake….looping it, passing the dog park, the crazy 700 foot mile long tower hill, the horses and the nature preserve where you see birds and sometimes turtles. It’s pretty cool.

We all meet up at the finish line and “tail gate” with fresh fruit and waters.

It’s honestly one of my favorite things we do and I love chatting it up with my Weight Watchers friends making time fly by along with the miles.

We celebrated Easter by coloring eggs, just so we could have a bunch of egg-a-licious recipes!

I love his concentration!

And because we are total dorks, we took a picture with our egg coloring kit to celebrate the occasion.

For those wondering when I posted this on Facebook ~ the one with the scribbles is an “Earth” Egg he created….He also made Egg love and I am the one who created the “Eat Me” egg….but, not the way you all thought (dirty birds!)

Combine everything until the chickpeas are coated. Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray and pour the chickpeas on it in a single layer. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, shaking the tray and moving the chickpeas around every 15 minutes. Cook an additional 5 minutes at a time if you’d like them crunchier.

100% Simply Filling or 1/4 cup = 2 points+ and totally addicting.

I also made up a big batch of Homemade Lean Pork Pot Stickers that I froze to cook another time. The recipe will be coming up soon (most likely when we gobble them up).

I saved the best for last ~ This past weekend, we planted our garden this year. Did you all know Home Depot now carries organic plants for the same prices as their non-organic versions? So cool.

Here is what we planted ~ let’s hope my not so green finger can make it all grow!

Cantaloupe

Lemon Thyme

Strawberries (6 of them!)

Paddy Pan Squash

Banana Peppers

Cilantro

4 Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes

2 Roma Tomatoes

Inside the house I have Chives and a Basil plant as I find they grow best inside. Herbs are always one thing I grow because they are so much cheaper than always buying them.

I think that sums up for the most part what I’ve been up to. I will do my best to pop in over the next two weeks sooner rather than later, but, it all really depends on my work deadlines.

On a positive note, I have a few fun giveaways lined up for you all. On a not so good note ~ I am also so far behind on emails, comments, etc….I hope to get caught up by next month, but, no promises on that one.

I hope you all have a fabulous Sunday and I’ll chat with you all soon!

Whew, (wiping my brow), now I don’t have to delete you from my list of inactive bloggers!!! I’m an on again off again Weight Watcher and all your recipes and tips have helped me keep on the right track.

Your recipes looks and I’m sure taste incredible. I’m really trying to stick to the SF this time around, doing very well so far. For your recipes under the Simply Filling tab, are they all 100% SF or only if you note that on the recipe? I’ve noticed on some you say (100% SF) and on others there is nothing but they are all under the Simply Filling tab.

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Whether she’s enjoying a dish at a local restaurant or whipping up a crowd-pleasing, nutritious meal at home, Danica has a passion for all things food. She believes in and follows the Weight Watchers principle of “all things in moderation” and chronicles her culinary adventures here. Besides sharing her daily eats and tasty, nutritious recipes, Danica connects others seeking a healthier lifestyle on her site and shares her travel adventures with her husband around the world.